DASCA's eminence as the developer of the world's most definitive credentials for marking excellence in the Big Data profession serves very well all stakeholders – Big Data tech-stables, Big Data professionals, Big Data training outfits, as well as business schools and universities breeding higher–grade professional talents.

Available across 183 countries, DASCA certification exams are built on 5th generation TEI technologies delivered through state-of-the art QTI-PCI aligned test engines by ExamStrong, the world's largest exam-delivery ecosystem specializing in highest-stake certification exams of world's leading 3rd party standards and credentialing bodies.

Partnering DASCA implies building powerful real–time bridges with the state-of-the-art in Data Science thought and practice worldwide, and profiting in business through world-class Big Data standards, certifications, and knowledge networks.

Big Data technology stables, Big Data consulting outfits, IT training companies, leading universities, business schools, higher education institutions, and government ICT academies – all are adding to the rapidly swelling DASCA worldwide network. And if your organization is yet to ally with DASCA, well, then just start the process now! We'll be privileged to have you join in.

The Credentialing Framework

DASCA Big Data Certifications prove potential and promise for professional excellence in the most challenging of Data Science roles most reliably because they are based on the world’s most robust platform- and vendor-independent standards and framework of pre-requisites of Data Science knowledge.

DASCA Credentialing Framework

DASCA Certifications Have Rigorous Foundations

All DASCA Credentials are based on the world’s first, the only, and the most rigorously unified body of knowledge on the Data Science profession today. The DASCA Data Science Body of Knowledge (DASCA-DSBoK™) defines the knowledge areas in which professionals are tested for their promise, capacities, and potential to excel in their roles as Big Data Engineers, Big Data Analysts, and Data Scientists. The DASCA-DSBoK™ not only provides the basis for DASCA Certification examinations, but also defines the curricula around which the DASCA examination preparation kit has been prepared.

The DASCA-DSBoK™ is fleshed around the ground-breaking Essential Knowledge Framework (EKF™) of DASCA. It spells out for the first time ever in the world a robust architecture of generic knowledge essential for Data Science professionals to have if they want to excel in their roles. The DASCA-EKF™ and the DASCA-DSBoK™ together serve to transform emerging Big Data roles and jobs mature into compact, well–defined professions around the world. Together, they have established the first unbiased, vendor-neutral global system of assessing suitability of individuals for various Big Data roles. Indeed, the DASCA-EKF™ and the DASCA-DSBoK™ have also defined the most reliable platform and a scientific basis for Big Data educators and recruiters, to design high-impact learning and hiring programs.

DASCA-DSBoK™ & DASCA-EKF™

DASCA Credentials are fleshed out of the DASCA Data Science Essential Knowledge Framework (DASCA-EKF Release:11-1.3) and governed in accordance to the DASCA Data Science Body of Knowledge (DASCA-DSBoK™).

The DASCA-EKF™ knowledge standards framework defines dimensions in which possession of knowledge is critical for aspiring and harnessed Data Science professionals to achieve professional excellence. Exams for DASCA Credentials are based on the EKF™-pivoted DASCA-DSBoK™ and available in 183 countries.

DASCA-EKF Release: 11 knowledge framework is the world’s first and the only research-curated professional excellence assurance model for the Data Science profession today. It enunciates the architecture of essential knowledge which individuals planning to enter the Data Science profession or those who are already working as Big Data Analysts, Big Data Engineers, and Data Scientists, need to possess to be able to consistently perform at high levels of excellence.

The DASCA-EKF™ framework standardizes what Data Science professionals need to know, understand and be able to do on the basis of a DASCA Credential. In a related vein, the framework also demonstrates how professionals can advance to higher levels of credential-qualifications within the DASCA credentialing system. The DASCA Certifications are available in 183 countries via the DASCA examination global network and training companies, workforce development agencies, higher-education institutions, universities, business schools, and colleges around the world are joining DASCA platform.

Essential

Knowledge Framework

The Essential Knowledge Framework (EKF™) of the Data Science Council of America was crystallized after extensive research involving hundreds of technology experts, senior recruiters, evangelists, platform developers, and Data Science professionals working for leading global Big Data solution providers across the world. Structurally, the DASCA-EKF™ spells out 30 core knowledge topics across its 5 essential knowledge dimensions or prongs – essentially the aspects along which having knowledge is deemed critical by DASCA for individuals who desire to turn–in explosive performance in their jobs, and do it consistently. Worldwide advocacy programs by DASCA partners are encouraging Data Science professionals internationally to use the DASCA-EKF™ as a convenient, complete roadmap for planning their professional capabilities development, advancing in their careers, and accomplishing bigger results in their jobs.

Indeed, DASCA-EKF™ is fundamental to all the three DASCA Certification tracks. It seeks to meet two aims: For Data Science professionals, it aims to crisply enunciate the areas where acquiring knowledge is essential for successful career starts, job performance, and growth; while for employers, the DASCA-EKF™ intends to provide a reliable research–backed listing of performance–critical knowledge areas in the four most important professional practice vectors in Big Data – Big Data Analytics, Big Data Engineering, and Data Science.

The DASCA bouquet includes six certification programs along three professional tracks: Big Data Analyst (ABDA™ & SBDA™), Big Data Engineer (ABDE™ & SBDE™), Data Scientist (SDS™ & PDS™). These credentials are emerging as the world's most robust and trustworthy benchmark–qualifications for top–end Data Science professionals, demonstrating to the global technology community that DASCA Credential-holders are among the fittest around that we may have for the most challenging of assignments, projects, roles, and responsibilities as they may come in the Big Data industry.

Framework forEngineer

Check out the core areas in which the world’s finest Big Data Developers & Engineers are expected to prove they have the knowledge & proficiencies required to excel in their art.

Framework forAnalyst

The DASCA essential knowledge framework for Big Data Analysts enunciates dimensions in which knowledge of concepts, techniques, and tools are mandatory for top jobs.

Framework forScientist

The DASCA Essential Knowledge Framework (DASCA-EKF™) includes a number of strategic & business knowledge dimensions which a world-class Data Scientist requires to attend to.

The Data Science Council of America (DASCA) is an independent, third–party, international credentialing and certification organization for Big Data and Data Science professionals, and has no interests whatsoever, vested in the development, marketing or promotion of any platform, technology, or tool related to Data Science applications. DASCA validates capabilities and potential of individuals for excelling in critical Data Science professions including Big Data Analytics and Big Data Engineering. DASCA advented the world's first and the most powerful exercise ever to aggregate, assess, validate, refine, classify, optimize, standardize, and model the generics of professional knowledge prerequisites for designers, managers, developers, and technologists working in the Data Science space. DASCA certification programs for aspiring and working Big Data and Data Science professionals are fleshed on the world's first vendor–neutral standards – the five–pronged DASCA Essential Knowledge Framework (EKF™), which is a constantly evolving concept, and hence does not purport to be complete or absolutely perfect at any point in time. Though, the EKF™ and all DASCA certifications constantly aim at assisting professionals in exceling consistently in their jobs, there are no specific guarantees of success or profit for any user of these concepts, products or services. DASCA and/or its partner institutions reserve the rights to cancel, modify and revise timetables, schedules, calendars, fee-structure, course-modules, assessment and delivery structures of any program, either offered independently by DASCA or jointly with partner institutions, without prior notice to prospective and registered program participants. DASCA and its collaborating institutions reserve the rights of admission or acceptance of applicants into certification and executive education programs offered by them. DASCA & DASCA Partner organizations do not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, sex or sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, age, national or ethnic origin, political beliefs, veteran status, or disability in admission to, access to, treatment in, or employment in their programs and activities.

All DASCA business, knowledge, operations and backend processes related to the management of customer relationships, customer-support, credentialing logistics, partner-network, and invoicing are exclusively handled by the globally distributed offices of CredForce, the worldwide credentialing services leader. DASCA can remove or replace at any point in time, any of its vendors, associates or partners found underperforming, or engaged in unethical business practices to preserve the interests of its customers and maintain the standards of its services to the highest of levels as expected. CredForce has no role to play in certification award decisions of the Data Science Council of America. Individuals or organizations deciding to deal with or do business with DASCA are assumed to have read and agreed to these facts pertaining to DASCA services, practices and policies. All queries may be directed to info@dasca.org